Our visit to a fairy tale town Sighnaghi is the most beautiful town I have seen in all my travels, including Netherlands, Turkey, Romania, Spain and Italy. One of the few medieval towns that still has all its' city walls, Sighnahi is perched on a hill overlooking a vast valley, with the lofty, snow covered Caucasian mountains opposite. The entire town was recently redone by the Georgian government in an effort to boost tourism. Apparently this cost something like 1% of the GNP for an entire year. May I say it was worth the investment? While tourism is sharply down this year, due to the impact of last year's war with Russia, I think this town will attract visitors for a long time to come. Picturesc is an understatement. The air is clean, the views are
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